The Health Informatics in Diabetes Research Core aims to expand the use of evidence-based health information technologies, increase the capacity for using telehealth, and advance the means of managing, scaling, and analyzing information from large, heterogeneous data sets in diabetes translation research.

This Regional Core capitalizes on collaborations with the University of Missouri, including their statewide network of health care sites and extension centers, as well as the Missouri Telehealth Network. Through this strategic partnership with healthcare organizations and key stakeholders, the Core enhances reach and helps to facilitate research with socioeconomically disadvantaged rural communities.

Core Personnel

Eduardo Simoes, MD, MSc, MPH

Eduardo Simoes, MD, MSc, MPH

Core Director: Health Informatics in Diabetes Research Core | Chair, Dr. Stuart Wesbury Distinguished Professor in Health Management & Informatics, HMI Alumni Distinguished Professor at the University of Missouri School of Medicine

Mahail Popescu, PhD

Mahail Popescu, PhD

Co-Core Director: Health Informatics in Diabetes Research Core | Professor of Health Management and Informatics at the University of Missouri

Mirna Becevic, PhD

Mirna Becevic, PhD

Core Scientist: Health Informatics in Diabetes Research Core | Assistant Research Professor at the University of Missouri

Min Soon Kim, PhD

Min Soon Kim, PhD

Core Scientist: Health Informatics in Diabetes Research Core | Assistant Teaching Professor at the University of Missouri College of Health Sciences

Suzanne Boren, Ph.D., MHA

Suzanne Boren, Ph.D., MHA

Core Scientist: Health Informatics in Diabetes Research Core | Professor of Health Management and Informatics at the University of Missouri

Praveen Rao, Ph.D.

Praveen Rao, Ph.D.

Core Scientist: Health Informatics in Diabetes Research Core | Associate Professor of Health Management & Informatics and of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science at the University of Missouri

Amy Braddock, MD, MSPH

Amy Braddock, MD, MSPH

Core Scientist: Health Informatics in Diabetes Research Core | Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine at The University of Missouri School of Medicine

Core Services

  • Provide rapid scientific reviews to identify research priorities 
  • Facilitate access to a library of evidence-based diabetes research interventions using eHealth, mHealth, and Telehealth technologies .
  • Provide one-on-one consultation on:
    • Developing research addressing scientific review priorities 
    • Conducting diabetes translation research through the Missouri Telehealth Network
    • How to manage, collate, and analyze complex data sets for the purpose of developing or evaluating eHealth, mHealth, and telehealth interventions
    • The use of new data analytic tools and algorithms to facilitate scalable, accessible, and sustainable data infrastructure
    • Analyzing EMR data for developing/evaluating eHealth, mHealth, and telehealth interventions 
  • Facilitate the Diabetes, Equity, and Telehealth Research Network meeting to further the use of telehealth and informatics relevant the diabetes translation research 

HIDR Resources

Toolkits
Webinars
Diabetes Mobile Applications Feature Analysis, a Focus Group Study of Elderly People, and Clinic Note Analysis against the AADE7

Diabetes Mobile Applications Feature Analysis, a Focus Group Study of Elderly People, and Clinic Note Analysis against the AADE7

Presented by Qing Ye, PhD(c) as part of Diabetes & Obesity Collaborative Lectureship Series – February 8, 2019

Effect of Health Information Technologies on Cardiovascular Risk Factors among Patients with Diabetes

Effect of Health Information Technologies on Cardiovascular Risk Factors among Patients with Diabetes

Presented by Yilin Yoshida, PhD, MPH & Eduardo Simoes, MD, MSc, MPH as part of Diabetes & Obesity Collaborative Lectureship Series – March 1, 2019

Diabetes Self-Management Mobile Applications and a Focus Group Study of Elderly People

Diabetes Self-Management Mobile Applications and a Focus Group Study of Elderly People

Presented by Qing Ye, PhD(c) as part of Diabetes & Obesity Collaborative Lectureship Series – February 2019

New Sensors for Diabetes Management- a Medical Informatics Perspective

New Sensors for Diabetes Management- a Medical Informatics Perspective

Presented by Mihail Popescu, PhD as part of Diabetes & Obesity Collaborative Lectureship Series – May 5, 2017

Electronic Clinical Decision Support in Diabetes Care

Electronic Clinical Decision Support in Diabetes Care

Presented by Richelle Koopman, MD as part of Diabetes & Obesity Collaborative Lectureship Series – July 28, 2017

Other Resources